Minister says PM would have rescinded Mandelson appointment

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Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said it was wrong that ministers were not informed Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting, adding the Prime Minister would have rescinded his appointment as US Ambassador had he known.   Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I think that it was wrong that the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary were

00:05not told that UK security vetting didn't clear Peter Mandelson and that the

00:13Foreign Office took a different decision. I think that was wrong it was wrong at

00:17the beginning and it was also wrong because ministers made repeated

00:22statements to the media and in Parliament and I think that is why Sir

00:27Ollie Robbins lost the confidence of the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary.

00:31If the Prime Minister had known that UK security vetting had not cleared Peter

00:38Mandelson he would have rescinded that appointment.

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